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Jesus
Saved
There once
was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England
town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying
a rusty, bent, old birdcage, and set it by the pulpit.
Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor
Thomas began to speak... "I was walking through town
yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging
this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little
wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad
and asked, What you got there son? “Just some old
birds," came the reply. "What are you gonna do with
them?" I asked. "Take 'em home and have fun with 'em,"
he answered. I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers
to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time. "But
you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you
do?" Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They
like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do
you want for those birds, son? "Huh?? !!! Why, you don't
want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds.
They don't sing - they ain't even pretty!
"How much?" the pastor asked again.
The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and
said, "$10?" The pastor reached in his pocket and
took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In
a flash, the boy was gone. The pastor picked up the cage and
gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a
tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly
tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.
Well, that explained the empty birdcage on the pulpit, and
then the pastor began to tell this story . . .
One day Satan and Jesus were having a
conversation. Satan
had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and
boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full
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of people down there. Set me a
trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna
teach them how to
marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other,
how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to
invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have
fun!" "And what will you do when you get done with
them?" Jesus
asked. "Oh,
I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.
"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.
"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no
good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll
spit on you, curse you and kill you!! You don't want those
people!!" "How much?" He asked again.
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your tears,
and all your blood." Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He
paid the price. The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door
and he walked from the pulpit.
Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to
trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.
Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in
God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also
"believes" in God).
Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through
e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending
messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other
people think of me than what God thinks of me.
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